The medicine ball has long been associated with powerful, dynamic movements. Explosive throws, jumps and lifts are all part of a typical medicine ball workout routine. They are part and parcel to the ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Justin Verlander was a gangly teenager. His parents jokingly called him a “brontosaurus.” Long before he became a three-time Cy Young Award winner, he was a high schooler who couldn't ...

The idea of weighted-ball training for pitchers to throw faster has been around for more than a half-century. There are studies on the process dating to the late 1960s in the heyday of Bob Gibson, ...